JOIN US AT SANBORN MILLS FARM!
Workshop Fee: $720
Materials Fee: $100 paid directly to the instructor at time of workshop
Class Schedule: 9am-5pm all five days
(Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
with a lunch break each day.
Step into the world of creating with natural colors, shapes, and textures from plants! Join us to learn various techniques focused on sustainable methods for printing, painting, dyeing and more with natural materials, and creative ways to work with pigments for a variety of projects and ideas. During this five day workshop, students will learn the basics of eco printing and natural dyeing with locally foraged plants and food waste onto different types of fabric and paper, as well as beginner sewing and book arts techniques to create folded and stitched books, patches, and more. Students will first learn how to properly prepare different fabrics to mordant; a crucial step to ensure consistent lightfast and washfast colors. Exploring the vast realm of possibilities within this technique, students will print onto cotton, linen, and silk fabrics as well as watercolor paper to understand the scope of creative potential when using varied materials. A collection of materials to print, stitch, and dye with will be provided, and participants are also encouraged to bring fiber items from home to transform in the studio.
This class offers a combination of outdoor foraging, printmaking, bookmaking and fiber processes, thereby offering a realm of possibilities that allow for full exploration with each mode of making. These processes reveal exciting opportunities for layering and cross-pollination. While tuning into our surroundings at Sanborn Mills farm, we will allow time, space, and support to create memories of the season and place as individuals and a collective. These meditative techniques yield unique, one-of-a-kind results, and provide opportunities to let go while collaborating with nature. All levels of experience are welcome!
Skills and Techniques:
Sustainable & mindful foraging techniques
Suggestions for proper plant identification & safety
Basics of mordanting (fabric pretreatment)
A basic understanding of the following processes using a variety of materials: eco printing, natural dyeing, ink making, book making, hand sewing, machine sewing
Bundling and fabric preparation techniques that yield different printed results
How to care for your printed fabrics
Resources for continued making & learning on your own
Special Tools or Equipment to bring:
Apron & rubber gloves (optional to keep clothes & hands clean, Sketchbook or phone for note-taking (optional; full recipes & instructions will be provided digitally and in print), Foraged plants (Optional but very helpful; many will be provided – A full list of suggested plants will be provided prior to the workshop, Any special sewing supplies or materials that you’d like to bring, at least three garments/fabric pieces from home to mordant & print/dye onto.
Workshop and Cancellation Policies
Please refer to the Sanborn Mills Farm Workshop Policies prior to
registering for a workshop.
ABOUT SANBORN MILLS FARM
““Sanborn Mills Farm is a center for the renewal of the human spirit, a place to cultivate creativity and joy, and an anchor for our individual, collective, and shared experiences…Sanborn Mills Farm’s mission is to teach traditional crafts and farming methods while sustainably using its field and forest resources for its workshops and events.””
MEALS & LODGING
When registering through their website for a workshop, you’ll have the option to choose different meal and housing packages.
Learn more about the farm and its resources for workshop participants here!